A sixty-four plate sujibachi kabuto (ridge helmet), Signed Saot.mes 17th Century

the sixty-four plate russet iron bowl with five-stage shakudo tehen kanamono, the wide mabizashi (visor) of regular form, the five-stage ita-jikoro (neck guard) with a small fukigaeshi, (blow back) with fukurin, a shakudo kasajirushi no kan, signed shu ju Saot.mes Iechika (some inscription indecipherable)

There are some slight unevenness to the patina of the peak and there is an area with slight rust on the bottom of the edge of the back of the bowl. Otherwise condition is very good.
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